Improvement in ornamental chains



C.'F.HEGKMA1 IN. Ornamental Chain;

No.- 219,091. Patented Sept. 2,1879

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CHARLES F. HEOKMANN, OF PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lN ORNAMENTAL CHAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,091, datedSeptember 2, 1879; application filed July 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HECK- MANN, of Plainville, in the countyof Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inOrnamental Chains, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved ornamental chain-linkmade of wire so bent and formed as to present three equal loops andhooks at each end of the link, and also in the combination of stampedvmetal ornaments attached to the outside or face of the loop-hooks.

Figure 1 represents a plan mary form of the link. 2 represents a chainformed of the completed links. Fig. 3 represents an edge view of thelink shown in Fig. 1, and shows the mode of bending the same in order toproduce the perfect chainlink.

In-the drawings, Fig. l, A is a piece of wire first bent to form thethree eyes or loops a b c, the middle eye, I), being made greater thaneither of .the other two, with the two ends of the wire abutting againsteach other at I). Then, in order to complete the link, the loop a.

view of the priis bent down upon the side of the eye b, and

the loop 0 turned up on the opposite side, thus forming the three loopsand hooks a a a at one end of the link, and the three loops and hooks 0c c at the opposite end of the link, as fully shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The several links are hooked together to form a chain, as shown in Fig.2, and the ornaments B B B, consisting of stamped metal leaves or othersuitable forms, may be soldered to the face of each of the several loopsor hooks, producing a very desirable ornamental chain.

I claim as my invention '1. A chain-link made of wire so bentand formedas to present three several loops and hooks at each end of the link,substantially as described.

2. In a chain-link formed as above described and claimed, the combinedornamental pieces attached to the front of the loop or hook,substantiall y as described.

CHARLES F. HEOKMANN.

Witnesses:

HARMON S. BABCOOK, JOSEPH J. SoHoLFIELD.

